An experienced radiation oncologist, Dr. Mary Kara Bucci provides services through MD Anderson/Presbyterian Health System in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Mary Kara Bucci prepared for her career at the University of Michigan and completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Alongside her clinical duties, Mary Kara Bucci, MD, is an assistant professor at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
When patients receive a cancer diagnosis, they often have a long road of treatment ahead of them. However, researchers are always looking for ways to make treatments shorter and more palatable for patients.
Results from a study concerning accelerated breast cancer radiation therapy were recently presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. The clinical trial found that radiation therapy after a mastectomy for high-risk breast cancer at intermediate stages can be shortened from five to three weeks.
This change maintained equivalent tumor control rates in both the breast and surrounding tissues after a five-year period. The study took place in China and involved 800 breast cancer patients who had undergone mastectomies.
When patients receive a cancer diagnosis, they often have a long road of treatment ahead of them. However, researchers are always looking for ways to make treatments shorter and more palatable for patients.
Results from a study concerning accelerated breast cancer radiation therapy were recently presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. The clinical trial found that radiation therapy after a mastectomy for high-risk breast cancer at intermediate stages can be shortened from five to three weeks.
This change maintained equivalent tumor control rates in both the breast and surrounding tissues after a five-year period. The study took place in China and involved 800 breast cancer patients who had undergone mastectomies.
